John Gitahi is an AI Enthusiast, Techpreneur, Digital Marketing Coach and Mentor, Founder of Kenya Online College, Kenya’s premier Digital marketing Training Institution, & AIKnowZone Foundation (where young people are trained on AI and connected to emerging AI jobs).
Also, author of two best-selling books on Internet Entrepreneurship and Creator, AI Champion Awards (the most prestigious event recognizing brands that excel in Artificial Intelligence in Kenya.)
He is also a speaker on Artificial Intelligence(AI), and Techpreneurship in General & he is considered an emerging authority on AI matters in Kenya and Africa as a whole today.
John has also written for the Daily Nation Newspaper, The East African Standard, as well as KASNEB Newsline Magazine
Who I Work With
I work with small companies and companies as well private entrepreneurs to help them integrate AI into their operations.
I also work with young people interested in AI and tech, in general, especially those seeking training/mentorship in Tech, and particularly AI including AI enhanced digital marketing fields.
I have worked with companies like Machine Lounge, Freelancing Buddy, Kids Periodical, Empower Youth Africa(EYA), Milima Kenya, and dozens more. .
“I’ll reiterate the same message I’ve been living by for the last few years: ‘Drop everything and focus on AI.’..” - Dr Andrej Karpathy, founding member of OpenAI and ex-Tesla's director of artificial intelligence
The Exclusive 10,000 AI Talent Club in Kenya
Following a serious shortage of AI talent in Kenya and beyond, John then launched the exclusive 10,000 AI talent hub in 2024.
This club has quickly become the go-to hub for businesses and entrepreneurs looking for World-Class Aritificial Intelligence talent – the club is hosted by AIKnowZone (learn more at aiknowzone.com) and is actually a bridge into the workplace for graduates of AiKnowZone's foundation AI skills training programmes.
John created the club to be an innovative place where people interested in jumping into AI come to learn best strategies for success when it comes to AI from some of the most successful AI professionals in Kenya and the world.
John aims at mentoring 10000 AI workers in the next 5 years – ultimately, it is going to be a Win-Win: Entrepreneurs and Brands will have ready talent to hire to scale their businesses online through integrating ai into their operations while the mentees get into meaningful full-time employment (John’s goal is to create 10000 Jobs) or gets a chance to pursue lucrative freelance opportunities in AI Globally.
If you’d like to take a career shift and dive into ai, join this very special community HERE!